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Thursday 8 October 2026 · so far · times in UTC

What the front pages led with on 8 October 2026

63 news sites, 92 top headlines. The longest-running: Top court quashes petition to disqualify Gibran on The Jakarta Post (ID), 1d 0h on top.

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Graphic Online (GH) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 6h 41m Bank of Ghana warns against digital fraud, ponzi schemes

Buenos Aires Times (AR) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 7h 10m Poll: Unemployment now top concern as households struggle financially
  2. 01:21–01:21 0m Flávio Bolsonaro secures four key party endorsements in Brazil race

ABC News (US) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:32 (from 7 Oct) 5h 32m What Jane Doe told Cornell hearing panel about alleged 2024 gang rape
  2. 00:32–01:21 49m Hegseth greets USS Abraham Lincoln near the end of record long deployment

CBS News (US) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 4h 10m Newly obtained footage shows Iran attack on major U.S. post in Kuwait

CNN (US) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 4h 59m Trump returns to Texas for Senate nominee he can't help but insult

Fox News (US) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:21 (from 7 Oct) 1h 11m Agitators cheer Oct. 7 massacre in New York City and across the country
  2. 00:21–01:21 1h 0m Key US ally in Middle East vows revenge after deadly attacks on two airports

The Globe and Mail (CA) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 8h 9m Ottawa to bar MAID for patients whose sole condition is mental illness

The Guardian (US) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 3h 39m Christa Pike ‘angry, confused’ and unable to move arms after failed execution, lawyers say

National Post (CA) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 3h 21m John Ivison: On the eve of pro-Hamas vigils, universities finally seem ready to tackle campus antisemitism

NBC News (US) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–01:02 (from 7 Oct) 4h 1m Trump touts $21 trillion coming into the U.S. His website says it’s half that.
  2. 01:02–01:21 19m U.S. military prepares new Iran war options ahead of midterm elections

New York Post (US) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–01:11 (from 7 Oct) 2h 0m Boy, 6, yells ‘f–k you bitch’ after shooting teacher in chest in disturbing bodycam video: ‘Don’t care if I go to jail’
  2. 01:11–01:21 10m Mamdani booed, berated by anti-Israel protesters at NYC Oct. 7 memorial

USA Today (US) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 1h 59m Not his first rodeo: Trump rallies in Texas as Dems hope for upset

The Gleaner (JM) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 4h 10m No one fights alone - Why early action and support matter in the breast cancer fight

Mexico News Daily (MX) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 6h 41m The MND Sheinbaum Index™ for August 2026: Security, employment weigh on president’s performance

Los Angeles Times (US) 5 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:10 (from 7 Oct) 18m Dodgers vs. Braves NLDS Game 4 live updates: Teams tied in sixth inning
  2. 00:10–00:32 23m Dodgers vs. Braves NLDS Game 4 live updates: Teams tied in seventh inning
  3. 00:32–01:02 29m Dodgers vs. Braves NLDS Game 4 live updates: Pages gives Dodgers lead in seventh
  4. 01:02–01:11 9m Dodgers vs. Braves NLDS Game 4 live updates: Dodgers lead in ninth
  5. 01:11–01:21 10m Dodgers knock off Braves in Game 4, advance to NLCS

The New Zealand Herald (NZ) 5 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:02 (from 7 Oct) 52m McKenzie gets nod at 10, Scott Barrett returns for All Blacks against Wallabies
  2. 00:02–00:33 31m National proposes random testing for beneficiaries - but Act wants an even tougher line
  3. 00:33–00:40 7m National proposes random testing for beneficiaries – but Act wants an even tougher line
  4. 00:40–01:11 31m Candidate with violent past quits bid for Parliament
  5. 01:11–01:21 10m Body found in search for missing Christchurch father Braydon Hepworth

RNZ (NZ) 3 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:10 (from 7 Oct) 59m Live: Labour rubbishes National drug test policy, Luxon tries out a digger
  2. 00:10–00:21 12m Labour wants automatic refunds for cancelled flights
  3. 00:21–01:21 1h 0m Who is right about Investment Boost? We're still not sure

ABC News (AU) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 3h 39m Data shows rental tenants have hit breaking point

The Age (AU) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:32 (from 7 Oct) 1h 32m ‘Significant corruption’: US sanctions Chinese businessman over ‘bribes’ in Fiji
  2. 00:32–01:21 49m ‘Significant corruption’: US sanctions Chinese businessman over alleged ‘bribes’ in Fiji

The Sydney Morning Herald (AU) 3 headlines

  1. 00:00–01:02 (from 7 Oct) 1h 40m Prominent Sydney Indigenous leader arrested over child sex allegations
  2. 01:02–01:11 9m Lamarre-Condon captured on CCTV after alleged double murder
  3. 01:11–01:21 10m Lamarre-Condon shown on CCTV after alleged double murder

The Japan Times (JP) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 16h 31m Takaichi defends plan to combine consumption tax cut with income-based cash payments

The Korea Times (KR) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 1h 59m Samsung Electronics 1st Korean firm to top W100 tril. in quarterly operating profit

Kyodo News (JP) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 12h 8m Japan's researcher Soai wins Nobel chemistry prize with France's Kagan

Global Times (CN) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:32 (from 7 Oct) 10h 40m China's railways record more than 250 mln passenger trips during Mid-Autumn Festival, National Day holidays
  2. 00:32–01:21 49m Global institutions are bullish on Chinese stocks, eyeing AI, emerging industrial sectors

Philippine Daily Inquirer (PH) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:50 (from 7 Oct) 1h 18m ITCZ, northeasterly wind flow to prevail over parts of PH on Thursday
  2. 00:50–01:21 31m WATCH: Sara Duterte impeachment trial | Oct. 8, 2026

Philstar (PH) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 1h 29m Palace: DOH ‘closely monitoring’ plague concerns in Russia

Rappler (PH) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 12h 8m Sara, Rodrigo Duterte hid P96M through unutilized manager’s checks — prosecution

South China Morning Post (HK) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–01:02 (from 7 Oct) 2h 51m Trump urged Xi to talk to Takaichi and lift export curbs on Japan, sources say
  2. 01:02–01:21 19m More global investors eye Chinese stocks after 4 years underweight

The Star (MY) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 2h 11m INTERACTIVE: Cheaper groceries, bigger tax reliefs and more help for M40 are top wishes for Budget 2027
  2. 01:21–01:21 0m Don't just host data centres, focus on 'made by Malaysia' AI, says Khairy

The Straits Times (SG) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 2h 39m Singapore shrouded in haze; PSI readings in the unhealthy range across the island

The Jakarta Post (ID) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:50 (from 6 Oct) 1d 0h Top court quashes petition to disqualify Gibran
  2. 00:50–01:21 31m Prabowo tightens grip on security forces

VnExpress International (VN) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 2h 21m Christmas opening expected for Vietnam's mega Long Thanh airport

The Hindu (IN) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 7h 1m Protests will continue until CEC Gyanesh Kumar resigns, says Rahul Gandhi
  2. 01:21–01:21 0m INDIA bloc yet to get President’s appointment on ECI concerns

The Times of India (IN) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 1h 29m Some oligarchs blocking entry of Starlink in India: Elon Musk

The Express Tribune (PK) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 8h 19m Makkah pact: DG ISPR says Pakistani troops present in Saudi Arabia in 'multiple capabilities'

Gulf News (AE) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:02 (from 7 Oct) 21m Oil prices hover around $100 amid Hormuz risks
  2. 00:02–01:21 1h 19m Iran-Oman deal on safe Hormuz transit reached: Baghaei

The National (AE) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 7h 10m Three killed in Houthi attacks on Saudi airports

Al Jazeera English (QA) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:02 (from 7 Oct) 5h 41m Houthi attacks on two Saudi airports kill three civilians
  2. 00:02–01:21 1h 19m Saudi-backed Yemeni forces claim key heights in Taiz amid Houthi attacks

Arab News (SA) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 6h 31m Three people killed and dozens injured in attacks on Riyadh and Abha airports

Daily News Egypt (EG) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 9h 19m Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Physics Prize for high-energy neutrino discovery

Haaretz (IL) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 2h 11m All the Warnings Netanyahu Got Before October 7 – That We Know Of

Hürriyet Daily News (TR) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 9h 50m Payments to investors in 17 funds set to begin

The Jerusalem Post (IL) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 3h 10m Trump asks Pentagon for Iran strike options before midterms

The Kyiv Independent (UA) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 5h 40m Amid the rubble of a Ukrainian apartment building, locals have one wish for Putin’s birthday

The Moscow Times (RU) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 9h 19m Years After His Death, Vladimir Zhirinovsky Lives Rent-Free in Russians’ Heads

The Standard (KE) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 4h 20m Did he escape? Ebola patient's journey from DRC to Nairobi raises questions

Ynetnews (IL) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–01:02 (from 7 Oct) 2h 2m Inside IDF’s Oct. 7 raid in Nablus to ‘prevent the next massacre’
  2. 01:02–01:21 19m ‘I carried God in my pocket’: Reservist who identified Oct. 7 victims recounts horrors

Daily Maverick (ZA) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 4h 30m European Parliament bans far-right politician’s SA exhibition

DW (DE) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 4h 59m US midterms: Is Trump campaigning at taxpayers' expense?

Euronews (FR) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 2h 29m Maricarmen, symbol of Spain's housing protests, dies

France 24 (FR) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 7h 48m What France's student protesters want – and what the government is offering

Le Monde in English (FR) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 6h 31m What's in Le Pen's fiscal 'magic measures'

Spiegel International (DE) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 10h 1m "Is Anyone Thinking of the Children?"

SWI swissinfo.ch (CH) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 18h 0m Swiss to vote on loosening arms-export restrictions

BBC News (UK) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 2h 59m Christa Pike 'angry and confused' after failed execution, lawyers say

BusinessDay (NG) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 7h 21m 20 kidnapped corps members rescued after 7 days in captivity

Channel 4 News (UK) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 5h 59m Badenoch launches furious attack on Reform UK in conference speech

The Independent (UK) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:02 (from 7 Oct) 4h 30m In a few weird moments, Trump revealed more than he intended in the Oval Office
  2. 00:02–01:21 1h 19m Trump tells Texas crowd that wife Melania calls him ‘sir’

The Irish Times (IE) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 4h 59m Public sector pay dispute ‘unwarranted given our willingness to talk’, Taoiseach says

Middle East Eye (UK) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 18h 9m Queuing for water and phone charging: What survival looks like in Gaza

The Mirror (UK) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 3h 39m Reform investigates Reform over donations scandal – but finds they did nothing wrong in Farage 'whitewash'

Premium Times (NG) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–01:21 (from 7 Oct) 7h 10m Abducted NYSC members freed after one week

RTÉ News (IE) 2 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:10 (from 7 Oct) 38m RTÉ DG shocked and dismayed over €20m funding cut
  2. 00:10–01:21 1h 11m Nurses and midwives to protest at hospitals over pay

Each line is one headline that held a site's top slot: when it was there that day, how long it stayed in all, and a link to its permanent record. A reworded headline starts a new line. We check each front page every 10m or so, so times are right to within a few minutes.

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